The itch.io website is offline, with the blame placed squarely on Funko. In a tweet, the indie game marketplace alleged that Funko, best known for its Funko Pop figures, used “some trash AI-powered ...

Itch.io says an AI-powered "brand protection software" sent phishing reports notices to its domain registrar and hosting providers, causing its domain to be disabled. Reading time 3 minutes Itch.io ...

Popular indie game platform itch.io says its domain was briefly taken down for a few hours Monday morning thanks to an “AI-driven” phishing report spurred by the company behind Funko Pop figures. Itch ...

Itch blames pop culture collectibles company Funko for the issues with its website. Itch blames pop culture collectibles company Funko for the issues with its website. is a senior editor and author of ...

Original story, December 9 2024: The entirety of Itch.io was temporarily taken offline earlier today, but the site appears to have been restored. Reports of the site going dark spread after a post on ...

Indie game clearinghouse itch.io is the latest online gaming storefront to take action to remove or limit the availability of some adult content, bowing to pressure from payment processors spurred by ...

Itch.io has "deindexed" swathes of NSFW content from the storefront's browse and search pages, making thousands of adult games impossible to find. The sudden move comes amid "critical" pressure from ...

A few hours after this story was published, Itch.io clarified that Mouthwashing is de-indexed, but said it's been that way since October 2024, and not as a result of the payment processor crackdown.